Meet Kenya Graves | Graphic Designer

We had the good fortune of connecting with Kenya Graves and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Kenya, maybe we can start at the very start – the idea – how did you come up with the idea for your business?
My business, Kenya’s Graphics, started off as just a side hustle for me to get money as I was an at home mother. For me just being an at home mom wasn’t enough. I was tired of just being in the house, not making any money and being depressed. I remember being on youtube and seeing in my recommended section a video that showed you how to make youtube banners, I clicked it out of boredom really. As I was watching I wondered if I could do that to. That was the start of Kenya’s Graphics, Youtube banners. I started watching more tutorial videos and then I went of to making youtube banners for free for people just to get practice. Then they started looking good enough to where I could charge people and that’s when I decided to get into logos as well. With that it was the same thing, practicing until I got good enough to charge. Once I felt like I was getting good at one thing I wanted to learn new things so as time went on I started adding different services to my business. It’s crazy to me that I have done hundreds of logos and different graphic work for people. My business makes me feel like I have more purpose with my life. I am doing what I love to do and helping people with their businesses as well.

What should our readers know about your business?
Kenya’s Graphics is where you can get affordable good quality graphic art work for your business. What I love is the responses I get from customers when I am through. I love the “Omg I love it!” or the “Wow it looks better than I imagined it to look”. Things like that keep me going and help me to be more consistent. I love making people happy and helping them with their brand or any events they have going on. It makes the hard work worth it because it definitely wasn’t easy starting out. Having to think of ways to promote myself so that I can actually get customers was the hardest but I have came a long way with that. I could still use more helpful tips but I am way better at promoting then I was. The key to it all for me is really just consistency and staying motivated. I want people to know that when it comes to my brand they are going to get great customer service, especially when it comes to communication. With my business it is a great experience because I am going to make sure that you get good quality work and that your graphic work speaks to your brand and to your customers.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
I am located in Dallas so if I had my best friend come out here I would take her out to certain places to eat like “Xoxo Lounge” “True Kitchen” or even my favorite Pho spot “Pho Bac”. For the night life I would take her to places like Top Golf and bar hopping downtown in Deep Ellum.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
A big motivation for me really was seeing other black women entrepreneurs. I would literally type that in on Youtube and just watch other women run their business and get tips from them. People like “B. Simone” and “Glamazontay” really motivated me to be more independent, to stay focused and to change my mindset in a more positive way so that I could take my business to the next level. I have to give a shoutout to black women because they are 85% of my customers. Without them my business would literally be nothing.

Website: Instagram.com/Kenyasgraphics

Instagram: @Kenyasgraphics

Facebook: Kenyas Graphics

Other: I also have an etsy shop with over 220+ orders and a 5 star review. My etsy shop is https://www.etsy.com/shop/KENYASGRAPHICS